Bill Bailey set for London residency

Comedian's Limboland show will play at The Vaudeville Theatre in December and January, following UK tour

Bill Bailey has announced a 22-date London West End residency starting in December.

The comedian and prog stalwart's Limboland show will run at The Vaudeville Theatre, the Strand, from December 14 to January 10, excluding December 17, 21, 24 and 25 and January 1 and 4.

Bailey says the show's subject is "the gap between how we imagine our lives to be and how they really are." It includes stories about his travels around the world, including a disastrous trip to Norway to see the Northern Lights and other experiences that demonstrate how the world "doesn't match up to our expectations."

Musical elements include Bailey's take on the classic protest song, a country ballad played on a Bible, and a "fabulously downbeat" version of Happy Birthday.

It will be Bailey's fourth foray into the West End, following the success of previous shows Part Troll, Tinselworm and Dandelion Mind. The residency follows the national Limboland tour, which kicks off in Plymouth on October 9.